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In an announcement, YouTube and market watchdog Nielson, the biggest video site online was viewed on over 135 million TVs around the US during December 2021. The company says that means YouTube is the “top ad-supported streaming platform with the content people enjoy and the creators they love.” It seems the Google-owned website now sees an opportunity to expand its viewership by even more numbers. So, the site is now offering full seasons of popular TV shows....

1 Unprepared2 More Explanation In a blog post today, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan apologized for the variously issues the service has faced in the coming weeks. To help prevent any more issues, Yuan says the company has frozen all new features for 90 days. The aim is to relax the burden on its developers and allow them to work on fixes. “For the past several weeks, supporting this influx of users has been a tremendous undertaking and our sole focus....

1 The “WannaCrypt” ransomware2 A Digital Geneva Convention Microsoft has responded to the massive hack by slamming the U.S. government and its agencies. The President of the company, Brad Smith, has taken to the company’s website to explain the lessons that everyone needs to learn from the grand-scale cyberattack. Smith explains in his blog post that the government agencies put the digital world in danger, saying that the main problem is the “stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments....

Windows 10 wifi connection problems mostly cause because of incorrect network configuration or driver incompatibility between WiFi adapter and windows 10 21H1 update. Reset network settings and install the latest driver software for wifi adapter most probably fix the problem for you. How to fix Windows 10 wifi connection problems First of all, try disconnect and reconnect to the Wifi Network,Restart all network devices include Router and your PC, that fix if temporary glitch causing the issue....

A patent granted by USPTO last week reveals a possible solution. It describes a digital heartbeat sent from the controller to the drone which will enable a safety mode if there’s interference. If communication with the controller is broken, the drone will first try to re-establish it. It will also attempt to regain control if it’s been hacked or hover/land in a safe location for retrieval. “Under normal operating conditions, the known signal will be received by the UAV according to the fixed interval and/or the communication scheme and, in some cases, the UAV will also generate a response signal in response to receiving the known signal....

Disclosed by security researchers at Trustwave SpiderLabs, the flaw has been called the Webroot SecureAnywhere vulnerability. The team describes this as a critical problem. At its core, the vulnerability gives an attacker the power to use arbitrary codes at a kernel level in MacOS. Researchers are Trustwave SpiderLabs explains how Webroot SecureAnywhere functions: “A user-controllable pointer dereference exists in the kernel driver of the Webroot SecureAnywhere solution for macOS the root cause of which is an arbitrary user-supplied pointer being read from and potentially written too....

“I can confirm the United States filed an application with the European Union General Court to intervene in the case involving the retroactive application of state aid rules to Apple,” the unnamed source confirmed. Last August, the European Commission closed a three-year investigation against Apple. The regulatory body found the company had received illegal state aid from Ireland. Specifically, Apple allegedly only paid between 0.005 percent and 1 percent in taxes between 2003 and 2014....

In recent years, Microsoft has taken plenty of thunder from Apple with its Surface products. The Surface Pro has brought sleek designs, high-end hardware, and excellent performance to Windows. Sure, the platform always had those things, but Surface devices showed Windows could match Apple in all departments. In fact, the Surface range is a contributing revenue stream for Microsoft these days. All this means that the MacBook Air has looked dated while Apple seemed to ignore releasing a refresh....

This article was contributed by Cynthia Madison who works as an author at SmallBizClub. Given the nature of the activities it comprises, the legal field has been traditionally resistant to change and innovation, so unlike other industries and sectors, it’s fallen behind in embracing digital solutions and transitioning to the online environment. However, with more than half of the world’s population having access to the internet and using online tools on a regular basis, it was only a matter of time before legal services would catch up and make their way into the virtual realm....

Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS was first introduced on Windows 2000 which allows the transfer of files between server and client. Recent versions of Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Microsoft Systems Management Server and Windows Server Update Services use Background Intelligent Transfer Service to deliver application updates to clients. How BITS service works There are three types of transfer jobs performed by the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). A download job downloads files to the client, an upload job uploads a file to the server, and an upload-reply job uploads a file to the server and receives a reply file from the server application....

The announcement comes a week after Microsoft told VentureBeat that machine learning is the next leap in AI development. “I think AI has to break away from being something that only AI experts can work on; otherwise the application of the AI and its impact on the world is going to be very limited. I think we have to get to the place where it’s not that 10,000 AI experts in the world are the only ones who can actually apply AI in different scenarios across many vertical domains,” Microsoft VP for Business AI Gurdeep Pall told VentureBeat a week ago....

Microsoft’s XDP for Windows is the company’s first foray into the community. As Microsoft makes the contribution, the company says it wants to see XDP become a true cross-platform solution. Even so, XDP for Windows is in its early stages and has major limitations. For example, it works just a network driver and placeholder user API. Microsoft says testing is ongoing but hopes the project will be ready for prototyping and previews in the near future....

Thankfully, it won’t be a problem for much longer. Google has announced that its auto-play blocking feature will finally arrive with the next major version of its browser, Chrome 66. However, rather than blocking all videos, Chrome will take a liberal approach. By default, it will only block auto-play on videos with audio. It will also play if the user has ‘signaled interest’ by clicking somewhere on the site during the session....

According to a report from ZDNet, Microsoft might be ready to open up the preview soon. During a recent Windows Developer Day webcast, Microsoft officials said the Cortana Skills Kit would go public preview on February 27. However, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley claims to have contacted a Microsoft spokesperson who revealed that “[Microsoft is] finessing the final details of the Cortana Skills Kit and it will be available soon.” The Cortana Skills Kit was supposed to receive a broader availability in February 2017, however, the official website is still accepting signups....

The statistics can be inferred from EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who stated in a conference call: “Turning to our expectations for fiscal 2019, we expect sales of current-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony to continue to be strong, with the installed base growing to 130 million consoles by the end of calendar 2018 from 103 million at the end of calendar 2017. Nintendo Switch is expected to have built an installed base over 30 million by the end of the calendar year....

The Runtime Service is being deemed invalid, specifically the OculusAppFramework.dll. It seems the problem caught Facebook owned Oculus completely off guard. The company would surely have patched this before problem occurred. Considering no fix is available, we guess the company is scrambling today. It is clear Oculus will need to send out an update to solve this problem. Until then, at least officially, no Oculus Rift HMD works. However, there is a workaround available which involves tricking the license into believing it is still valid....

Obvious questions emerged from this event and once again put a spotlight on social media providers. Should Facebook be more accountable when people abuse its platform in this way? Some now say yes. However, one question I and others almost instantly shared when the news of the attack broke was: How was it possible for this man to livestream a mass shooting for 20 minutes. Doesn’t Facebook have any way of stopping these kinds of videos the moment they go live?...

Utilizing drone technology has often been an avenue Facebook has exploring. Last month, we discussed the company’s partnership with Airbus to implement its technology. Facebook worked on project Aquila for four years, which was the development of its own drone hardware. Last April, Facebook revealed it had canned Aquila and seemingly killed its plans. The new report suggests the company simply shifted focus and will use Airbus Zephyr drones instead....

Facebook decided to launch the ability on Wednesday. This was a perfectly timed launch to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the GIF format. “We know people love communicating with GIFs on Messenger, and we’re also making it easier to use GIFs on Facebook. Today we’re introducing the ability to add GIFs in comments for all people on Facebook globally,” the company says. Adding a GIF to comments is easy....

In March, former smartphone giant BlackBerry filed a lawsuit against WhatsApp. The company says the Facebook-owned messaging service infringed numerous patents from BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Facebook seemingly disagrees and has hit back with its own legal filing. Whether this is merely a retaliation remains to be seen, but the company has compiled a 118-page court filing. The document accuses BlackBerry of infringing six patents. In the filing, the network says BBM stole technology such as GPS algorithms, video and audio delivery tech, and voice-messaging software....